PDC Challenge Tours 5-6

Ryan Harrington wins the first event of the day with PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 5 from the Metrodome in Barnsley as Wayne Jones takes event 6.

Wednesday 12 Apr 2017

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RYAN HARRINGTON claimed his first PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour win with a 5-2 defeat of Mark Frost in the Event Five final in Barnsley.

The 26-year-old’s only previous career win had come in a Development Tour event in 2011, but he took the £2,000 first prize in his best run on the PDC’s second-tier circuit. Wins over Samuel Fuller, Rob Hewson, Alan Tabern, Justin Smith and Tony Martin moved Harrington into the quarter-finals, where he overcame left-hander Eddie Dootson 5-3.

He then saw off Allan Edwards 5-2 in the semi-finals before repeating the scoreline against experienced Frost in the decider. Frost – a three-time Challenge Tour winner in 2014 – followed up early whitewashes against James Young and Harry Ward with wins over Marc Dewsbury, Stuart Kellett, Luke Woodhouse, Aaron Dyer and Kevin McDine as he picked up £1,000 as runner-up.

Wolverhampton’s Wayne Jones won event 6 with a 5-1 win over Jason Wilson. Jones followed up his run to the quarter-finals of Event Five – his best finish in any event for almost 12 months – by going all the way to victory in the day’s second tournament.

The former European Championship finalist has dropped onto the Challenge Tour this year after losing his Tour Card, but claimed his first PDC title with the success as he overcame Jason Wilson 5-1 in the final.

Jones defeated Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, Mark Lawrence and Nathan Aspinall in the early rounds before whitewashing Eikichi Nakanishi, and then saw off Curtis Hammond, Stuart Kellett and Lee Evans in reaching the final.

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*PLEASE NOTE, DUE TO THE SIZE OF ENTRY THIS WEEKEND ONLY 1 GUEST PER PLAYER IS ALLOWED FOR THESE EVENTS, DUE TO HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS*